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  • Civil War

    ★★★★

  • Xanadu

  • The Omen

    ★★★½

  • The Zone of Interest

    ★★★★

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  • Civil War

    Civil War

    ★★★★

    The most intense movie I've ever seen in a theater.

    There's a lot of discourse about this film, what it says and doesn't say. But with this hyper-fixation on the lack of political context for this fictional conflict, we ignore what director Alex Garland has given American audiences: the lens of familiarity. By setting this film in the US, American audiences are are given the horrors of civil conflict within the familiarity of our towns, our spaces, and our neighbors.…

  • Xanadu

    Xanadu

    Oof. This did for Gene Kelly what League of Extraordinary Gentlemen did for Sean Connery.

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  • Anatomy of a Fall

    Anatomy of a Fall

    ★★★★

    Wait, that's how French courts work?

  • The Zone of Interest

    The Zone of Interest

    ★★★★

    Probably the Oscar-season film that I thought about the most. The sound editing is a pretty incredible feat for creating such a haunting vibe. There is horror in banality and bureaucracy.